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AGENDA REPORT Reviewed:
City Manager
Finance Director
MEETING DATE: APRIL 5, 2011
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, INTERIM CITY MANAGER
FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: APPROVE THE SUBMITTAL OF REGIONAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION
PROGRAM PROJECT APPLICATIONS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
SUMMARY
Staff is requesting that the City Council approve the City to participate in regional traffic signal
synchronization projects along Jamboree Road, Warner Avenue and Tustin Avenue. City Council
approval is required to submit project applications prepared by the cities of Irvine, Fountain Valley
and Santa Ana, in collaboration with the City of Tustin, for project funding under the Orange
County Transportation Authority Competitive Measure M2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Program
(Project P).
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 11-22 approving the submittal of
applications to the Orange County Transportation Authority for funding of the Jamboree Road,
Warner Avenue and Tustin Avenue Traffic Signal Synchronization Projects under the Renewed
Measure M Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City is required to provide minimum match funding of twenty percent (20%) for each project. If
all three projects are selected, Tustin's estimated matching cost will total approximately $30,000.
Funding for Tustin's match will be provided through the Measure M2 Local Fair Share Program
(Project Q).
DISCUSSION/BACKGROUND
Renewed Measure M (Measure M2) is a 30-year, multi-billion dollar program extension of the
original Measure M (approved in 1990) with a new slate of planned projects and programs.
Measure M2 is comprised of a number of components such as: Project O (Regional Capacity
Program), Project P (Regional Signal Synchronization Program), Project Q (Local Fair Share
Program), and the Transit Program (Projects S, T, V, and W).
On July 26, 2010 the OCTA adopted the countywide Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan.
From this Master Plan the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P) was
developed. In order for the City to maintain eligibility for funding under Project P, the City Council
adopted the Local Signal Synchronization Plan (LSSP) for Tustin on December 7, 2010 in
compliance with the OCTA Master Plan.
Traffic Signal Synchronization Applications to OCTA
April 5, 2011
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Under Project P, ten synchronization projects will be selected in FY 2011-12 on a competitive
basis. Projects with the most regional significance will be ranked highest, with higher points
applied toward multi-jurisdictional corridors. Local agencies along each corridor are required to
provide minimum match funding of twenty percent (20%) for each project.
City staff has collaborated with neighboring agencies in preparation of applications to the OCTA for
funding of the following multijurisdictional traffic signal synchronization projects:
1. Jamboree Road from Portola Parkway to Pacific Coast Highwav. The City of Irvine
has taken the lead in submitting the application in collaboration with Caltrans and the
cities of Newport Beach and Tustin.
2. Warner Avenue from Red Hill Avenue to Pacific Coast Highwav. The City of
Fountain Valley has taken the lead in submitting the application in collaboration with
Caltrans and the cities of Huntington Beach, Santa Ana and Tustin.
3. Tustin Avenue from First Street to Yorba Linda Boulevard. The City of Santa Ana
has taken the lead in submitting the application in collaboration with Caltrans and the
cities of Placentia, Anaheim, Orange and Tustin.
Resolution No. 11-22 designates the project applications to be submitted by the lead agencies on
each project, in collaboration with the City of Tustin, for the FY 2011/12 Call for Projects under the
Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P). The Renewed Measure M funding
eligibility requires City Council approval of applications for funding under this program. The
applications for these projects were submitted to the OCTA by its deadline of March 18, 2011.
Adopting the resolution after that date is acceptable to OCTA and serves to complete the initial
administrative process for receipt of the applications.
IS. Stack, P.E.
of Public Works/City Engineer
Attachment: Resolution No. 11-22
S:\City Council Items\2011 Council ItemsWpprove Submittal of OCTA Project P Applications.docx
RESOLUTION NO. 11-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE JAMBOREE ROAD,
WARNER AVENUE AND TUSTIN AVENUE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE COMPETITIVE
MEASURE M2 REGIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM
(PROJECT P)
WHEREAS, the Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program
(Project P) targets over 2,000 signalized intersections across Orange County to
maintain traffic synchronization, improve traffic flow, and reduce congestion across
jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has been declared by the Orange County
Transportation Authority to meet the eligibility requirements to receive revenues as part
of Measure M2; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has currently adopted a Local Signal
Synchronization Plan consistent with the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master
Plan as a key component of focal agencies' efforts to synchronize traffic signals across
local agencies' boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin will provide matching funds for each project as
required by the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs Procedures Manual;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin will not use Measure M funds to supplant
Developer Fees or other commitments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin desires to implement multi-jurisdictional signal
synchronization as listed below; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin supports the cities of Irvine, Fountain Valley and
Santa Ana, respectively, as lead agencies in the submittal of the synchronization
projects listed below;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin
that it hereby requests the Orange County Transportation Authority allocate funds from
the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P) to participating cities in
the amounts specified in the applications for traffic signal synchronization projects along
the following streets: Jamboree Road, Warner Avenue and Tustin Avenue. Said funds
shall be matched by funds from the City of Tustin, as required, and shall be used as
supplemental funding to aid the City in signal synchronization along the project streets.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Tustin held on the 5t" day of April, 2011.
Jerry Amante, Mayor
ATTEST:
Pamela Stoker
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 11-22 was duly and regularly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5th day of April, 2011
by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
PAMELA STOKER,
City Clerk